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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10847
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) ets

2% reduction in emissions in 2012 but twice as many surplus quotas

Brussels, 16/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - In 2012, emissions from some 12,000 power plants and manufacturing installations in the EU taking part in the emissions quota trading system (ETS) dropped to 1,867 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent (compared to 1,889 billion the previous year). This, according to data published on Thursday 16 May by the European Commission, is a 2% fall. Verified data on emissions appear in the national registers of EU member states. However, over one and the same year,...

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